Every time a Texan points an index finger of blame at an errant Lone Star politician, three fingers point right back at himself.

Here’s how Steve Stockman’s day in federal court went Thursday: Can you say “guilty” 23 times fast?

The trial of the former congressman and political huckster — Who elected that guy, anyway? Oh, us … — lasted for almost a month in Houston. Federal prosecutors contended Stockman was guilty of mail and wire fraud, money laundering and federal election law violations. The jury agreed on every count but one.

Specifically, Stockman was accused of bilking a couple of big donors for some $1.25 million in contributions, ostensibly for charity. Well, charity began at home for Stockman, who used the money for expenses like the purchase of a new dishwasher.

In the end, the bulk of the money went to some of his own political purposes — some was spent on surveillance of a possible political rival — and worse. Stockman says he’ll appeal but authorities on Thursday already had his room ready in federal custody. Sentencing is due in August for what prosecutors said was his “white collar crime spree,” and it could run into the decades. Remember, taxpayers will foot his room and board going forward.

Stockman was our congressman for one term back in the ‘90s. His eclectic political views ranged from reasonable conservatism to Looney Tunes. He authored a Guns & Ammo piece that charged the Clinton administration was behind the Waco siege so he could later ban assault weapons. That was unusual, although not unusual enough. But it should have given voters pause.

In 1995, he wanted Congress to investigate a 1948 Alfred Kinsey report on male sexuality. Sensing a trend here?

But other Texas pols should have given us pause, too.

Congressman Pete Sessions of Dallas once campaigned for office while pulling a trailer full of horse manure.

Our own congressman, Randy Weber, during the 2014 State of the Union address, referred to President Obama in a tweet as “Kommandant-in-chief.”

Of course, in Texas we’ve seen just as bad for generations. Check our history.

In 1917, the legislature impeached Gov. James E. “Pa” Ferguson, barring him from holding state office forever. In 1932, voters elected his wife, Miriam “Ma” Ferguson, and let “Pa” run the state through her.

Ever in pursuit of entertainment, voters elected “Pappy” Lee O’Daniel, a political neophyte — he’d never voted — as governor in 1938 on the strength of his platform, which he identified as the Ten Commandments. (Stockman should have done so well.) He accomplished almost nothing over two terms but campaigned with a hillbilly band in tow — then went to the U.S. Senate.

If we want better leaders, we must be better followers. That means choosing our leadership … wisely.